Thought For Today: Taking The Fall

Up & down my FB timeline is video footage of Michael Cohen testifying against President Trump. I can't take anything this man says seriously because for one thing, he was loyal to Trump when he shouldn't have, and two, did he really think Trump was going to be loyal to him? I hope not. When it comes to taking the fall, Donald Trump will look out for himself before anyone else. The gov't shutdown is a prime example: When those TSA agents and other essential employees were out of jobs for 35 days, Trump said something to the effect of "They'll make adjustments." After this is all said & done, how many people think Trump and any one of his loyalists (former & current) are going to do time? This requires waiting and seeing.

Beyond The Pool: Pastor Arthur Jackson

This caught my eye, and I had to repost.

ISIS Bride Wants Return to US

ISIS Bride Wants To Return To US

An ISIS bride has no place in the United States. Never mind the fact that ISIS has been keeping a low profile lately; it takes one person to potentially ignite their presence. I don't care how many of her Isis fighter husbands have been killed off, she made her decision to go overseas and marry ISIS husbands, so let her live with her decision. What she knows could be damaging to national security, and she's not worth the risk.

Foul Spirits

When the enemy comes for God's children through people, they don't like the believer's spirit because THEIR spirit is foul.

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) February 13, 2019

Greasy Demon

My FB friend does it again:

Successful Ministry + Broken Home

I see this so many times in ministry where ministers have successful ministries, but their families are falling apart. Wait a minute, so you mean to tell me your ministry is blessed, but your family isn't? Doesn't make too much sense. Ministry begins at home; if preachers can't keep their families together, what makes them think their ministry will flourish? No, it doesn't work like that; check 1 Timothy 3:4-"He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect.” 

Family Isn't Family: Carlos Black

One time for my big cuz Carlos Black for this stat:

Looking at the state of today's family, family just isn't what it used to be. Every weekend, families from both sides would get together and fellowship in the countryside; have a cookout, etc. It didn't have to be family reunion time, just family getting together for good times. Now, it seems like the only time family comes together is for funerals. Going further: Technology, beef & favoritism seem to be why families aren't as close as they used to be. There should be no excuse on the technology front for families not keeping in touch because with FaceTime video chat, social media, etc., it should be easier for families to keep in touch. Then you have families who block each other online over perceived slights, favoritism-certain family members who pick and choose who they're close to, and let's not forget beef: Families who are enemies over something that went down years ago or yesterday. Worst case scenario, warring family members come across each other at family reunion and hands thrown or shots fired.

Honestly, the main reason families aren't as close as they used to be is because most of the elders are gone. When the elders were around, they kept the family together; they weren't for family wars. If two family members had beef, an elder would pull both of them aside and tell them to squash their battle or agree to disagree. There's very few families where the elders are living. When the elders die, there goes the wisdom/knowledge & traditions. How many families have family reunions? How many family reunions are still taking place today? Very few, if any.

Today's Thought: Depending On God

Tell me where in the Bible does it say God helps those who help themselves? I'll wait. If we're helping ourselves, what do we need God for? We don't.

Thought For Today: Fixing What's Not Broken

In doing so, you mess things up worse than before. I'm learning daily to leave stuff alone, especially if things are running smoothly. The above stat definitely applies to me.

Christianity & Racial Division

You'd think of all places, church would be the one place where you don't have racial division, but with so many black and white churches, that's not the case. Whites won't go to a black churches, black Christians won't go to a white church. Then you have other ethnicities who have their own churches, and it's all madness to me. I thought we were all believers. I get it, there's denominational differences between black and white churches, so that could explain why whites and blacks prefer to worship among their own. I hate to break it to folks, but there will be NO racial division in Heaven. If believers of different races can't get along down here, they can forget about making Heaven.

Spiritual Battle

I got this off a FB friend's page, and it makes a lot of sense when it comes to spiritual warfare. Clean victory comes from fighting Satan on God's turf, not his. Believers who try to fight the enemy on his turf are assured of loss, but when we as believers fight the enemy on God's turf, clean victory is a must because Satan is out of his element.

Church Complaints

It seems like church has become a scapegoat for everything that's wrong in life. Phony people? Blame the church. Lost Your Job? Blame The Church. There are phony people at work, do people stop going? No. There are phony folks in the club, but do people stop shaking their behinds in the club? No, so why are people fixed on finding something wrong with the church? Look, church will go on whether anyone likes it or not. Churches won't stop existing because a few complainers don't like the pastor, praise & worship or the ministries. Some people will find everything wrong with and everyone in the church, except themselves. Let them get in a bind, and what's the first place they run to for help? THE CHURCH. It never fails.